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1 Kings 16:26

For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

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ASV

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

KJV

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he walkedH1980 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙de.rekh[the] way ofH1870 →
יָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
נְבָ֔טne.VatNebatH5028 →
וּבְחַטָּאת֔וֹu.ve.cha.to.tavand in sin hisH2403 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'he caused to sinH2398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'Isto provoke to angerH3707 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.Hemwith vanities theirH1892 →

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Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.1 Kings 16:19because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.1 Kings 16:13This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.Psalms 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.Romans 1:21–23For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.1 Kings 13:33–34Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!1 Kings 16:7Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.1 Kings 12:26–33Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.1 Kings 16:2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.Jeremiah 8:19Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.1 Kings 21:22I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’2 Kings 13:6Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.

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